BackupAssist v6 Quick Start Guides

The BackupAssist v6 quick start guides provide information on backup technologies and step-by-step instructions on how to use different backup types.

Exchange Mailbox backups

This quick start guide is intended to assist new users with setting up mailbox backups using BackupAssist v6's Exchange Mailbox Add-on, which is compatible with Exchange Server 2003, 2007, and 2010. View Quick Start Guide PDF

Hyper-V

This guide is intended to help users of BackupAssist v6 set up Hyper-V backups as well as use the BackupAssist VM Granular Restore Console to perform restores of Hyper-V Guest machines. View Quick Start Guide PDF

Hyper-V in a Cluster Shared Volume

This quick start guide is intended to assist new users to configure the BackupAssist jobs necessary to back up Microsoft Hyper-V hosts that utilize a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV). View Quick Start Guide PDF

Using iSCSI with BackupAssist

This quick start guide is intended to assist new users with setting up a backup job which uses an iSCSI target as a destination. BackupAssist is easily configured to connect to your iSCSI target and can optionally disconnect at the completion of each process. BackupAssist can also initialize the file system on the iSCSI target and includes support for targets greater than 2 TB (on supported Operating Systems). View Quick Start Guide PDF

BackupAssist ZIP Engine

This quick start guide is intended to assist BackupAssist v6 users with setting up Zip backup jobs. The BackupAssist Zip Engine is a file-based backup engine that works with both disk-based backup devices (e.g. external HDDs, CD/DVDs, REV drives, rdx drives, NAS, FTP servers, etc) as well as tape drives (with the BackupAssist Zip-To-Tape Add-on). View Quick Start Guide PDF

BackupAssist v6 Quick Start Guide

This guide is intended for users that have upgraded to BackupAssist v6 from a previous version of BackupAssist. A basic understanding of how to use BackupAssist is assumed. If you are new to BackupAssist we recommend that you read the help file that comes with the software, as well as consult the Documentation section of our website. You can also contact our support team at support@backupassist.com for further assistance. View Quick Start Guide PDF

Client Access Server (CAS)

This quick start guide will assist new users with configuring a BackupAssist job to back up Microsoft Exchange 2010 mailboxes, where the Client Access Server (CAS) role is on a separate machine to the mailboxes. View Quick Start Guide PDF